The Conduct of LifeDiscusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. -- Publisher's description. |
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-M But Maxwell adds something both to the scientific description of social change and the life of any society that may be so described . For he points out that at intervals , at critical moments in crises , a supplementary method of ...
-M But Maxwell adds something both to the scientific description of social change and the life of any society that may be so described . For he points out that at intervals , at critical moments in crises , a supplementary method of ...
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Thorndike , Edward Lee : Human Nature and the Social Order . New York : 1940 . Copious summation of Thorndike's life work as a psychologist , applied to problems that call for wisdom as well as knowledge . Thorndike's interpretation of ...
Thorndike , Edward Lee : Human Nature and the Social Order . New York : 1940 . Copious summation of Thorndike's life work as a psychologist , applied to problems that call for wisdom as well as knowledge . Thorndike's interpretation of ...
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... 205 Slow - down , 258 Social breakdown , 149 Social change , by irradiation , 228 scientific description of , 228 Social compulsion , 179 Social phenomena , nature of , 12 Social transformation , 105 difficulty of , 119 Socialism ...
... 205 Slow - down , 258 Social breakdown , 149 Social change , by irradiation , 228 scientific description of , 228 Social compulsion , 179 Social phenomena , nature of , 12 Social transformation , 105 difficulty of , 119 Socialism ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Conduct of Life Volume 34 of Harvest book Harvest book, HB 34 |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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